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Travis Stevens Gets Under the Skin of A Wounded Fawn
How his new art-horror interweaves myths and failed justice
"...we do, here's how we can utilize the Greek myths in the statue," and all that stuff started lining..."

Dec. 15, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tamales: A Winter Tradition
One writer’s picks for the best in Austin
"...took turns working at it with my mom. Kitchen myths say only one pair of hands should ever touch..."

Dec. 6, 2022 Food Post by Christina Garcia

Five Fantasy-Forward Arts Events
Experience the outer reaches of creative imagination
"...call artists, have been making stuff up – fables, myths, legends, sitcoms, miniseries, religions – and much of it..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Faster Than Sound: Infinite Hellscape Brings Austin Eclecticism Into Focus Under West Texas Stars
Camping at the first-year Austin/Marathon/Ft. Davis fest
"...musical convergences like Terlingua's Spatula City Limits and Marfa Myths seemingly on pause, the team may be onto something,..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Black Women Reclaim Space in Austin’s Outdoors
Black Women Who Kayak+ is leading the way
"...she realized she needed to address the "barriers and myths that have been deeply rooted for Black and brown..."

June 10, 2022 News Feature by Hannah Uebele

A Culture 50 Years in the Making: The Kerrville Folk Festival Experience
Life-altering and deep-listening scenes from the oldest music festival in Texas
"...the festival, now published in his book Uncurtailed Kerrtales: Myths, Legends, and Spontanacities, which will be available at the..."

May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Hank Erwin

Day Trips: Faywood Hot Springs, New Mexico
Healing waters and a whole lot of history
"...By 1896 the springs were a full-blown health resort..."

May 6, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

How the Filibuster Has Already Undermined Democracy
The recent attacks on reproductive rights reveal another reason to let the filibuster burn
"...the filibuster is shrouded in a halo of manufactured myths:..."

May 6, 2022 News Feature by Michael King

Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, April 29 - May 5
"...with epic fairy tales and heroic sagas and tear-jerking myths. Is there a problem with that? Not necessarily. It..."

April 29, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

An Old Crime Bubbles to the Surface in Descendant
Margaret Brown observes a drowned history
"...Austin Chronicle: Your 2008 film, The Order of Myths, was about Mobile's two segregated Mardi Gras. ... What..."

March 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Fantastic Fest Review: Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Encyclopedic and engrossing wander into the wilderness
"...trees become forests, moss grows in between boughs, and myths dance twixt sunlight and shadows. Folk horror, like the..."

Sept. 28, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Music: What We're Listening to This Week
Hot Summer Nights 4 Mixtape, Y2, Witchcryer, Suzanne Santo, Hovvdy, and James McMurtry
"...while "Blackfoot Creation Story/Spirit Power" concerns First Nations creation myths. The band digs hard into the angry, anthemic "Nemesis,..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

"If These Walls Could Talk" at Cloud Tree Studios & Gallery
The artists in this Cloud Tree Studios & Gallery exhibition get the walls not only to talk but to spin some fantastic tales
"...another's. With strong graphics and colors, Niz repeats old myths about the goddesses of flora and fauna in the..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hog Book Aims to Encourage Hunting and Eating Feral Hogs
Jesse Griffiths wants you to #EatAHogSaveTheWorld
"...mindset, shifting the narrative, squaring up facts, reducing the myths?..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Cancel Culture Comes After Forget the Alamo
Controversy erupts after museum caves to political pressure
"...co-authors of Forget the Alamo, a look at the myths and realities of the Texas origin story, after "increased..."

July 9, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Bullock Museum Cancels "Forget the Alamo" Program Under Pressure
Right-wing outrage scuttles writers' virtual event (for now)
"...of Forget the Alamo, a new look at the myths and realities of the Texas origin story, after "increased..."

July 1, 2021 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, June 18-24
"...magical powers. She was thoroughly familiar with folklore, ancient myths, and the occult. The character of Mary Poppins, Travers..."

June 18, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Bog Bodies, Blood Pulling, and Muppets: Making the Monster of Boys From County Hell
How Chris Baugh raised the evil of Irish vampire
"...when designing his movie version, "we started with the myths and the legends around him, and the fact that..."

May 7, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Panic Fest Review: The Whooper Returns
Metahorror deals with the trauma of having your life as a movie
"...same time, it's a mournful look at how urban myths, and "based on a true story" stories, can dehumanize..."

April 13, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Jury Awards Announced
The Fallout, Lily Topples the World take big wins
"...Yauch Hörnblowér Award, presented to: Delia Derbyshire - the Myths and the Legendary Tapes, D: Caroline Catz Adobe Editing..."

March 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Encyclopedic documentary finds the global roots of a genre
"...trees become forests, moss grows in between boughs, and myths dance twixt sunlight and shadows. Folk horror, like the..."

March 16, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Films and Shows at SXSW by Austin Residents and Veterans
Fill your schedule with ATX @ SXSW
"...2016 critical and audience smash Tower pulls apart the myths and stories surrounding the bizarre life of Michael Brody..."

March 5, 2021 Screens Feature

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List
Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot
"...Delia Derbyshire - the Myths and the Legendary Tapes Director/Screenwriter: Caroline Catz Producer: Andy..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Film Festival Summons a Jewish Dark Spirit for The Vigil
Not your regular Hollywood demon
"...Talmudic cosmology into his story. For a start, those myths don't have what mainstream (read: Christian) cinema would recognize..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

PrintAustin 2021 Reproduces Community Online and Off
At this celebration of printmaking it's gather, prints, repeat
"...be a West Texas native, but she draws on myths and symbols from all over the world in her..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fantastic Fest Interview: Jim Cummings Hunts The Wolf of Snow Hollow
The actor and director talks bloody myths and drive-in premieres

Oct. 2, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, September 18-24
"...with epic fairy tales and heroic sagas and tear-jerking myths. Is there a problem with that? Not necessarily. It..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

A Dangerous Man
At 18, Billy Joe Wardlow took a man’s life. Nearly 30 years later, the state still wants his.
"...One of the cherished myths of those who support the death penalty is that..."

June 26, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Heaven & Hell in 13th Floor Elevators: A Visual History
We return to the Red River strip of March 1966 to witness Roky Erickson and crew
"...the intervening 43 years, all manner of legends and myths had grown up around the group, partly because their..."

May 15, 2020 Music Feature by Jon Savage

SXSW and Amazon Announce Virtual Festival Lineup
Feature and shorts from 2020 fest going online for 10 days
"...is a five-part documentary series from Shudder exploring the myths and legends behind some of Hollywood’s notoriously "cursed" horror..."

April 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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